BOOKS WRITTEN
OR EDITED BY HAZEL BELL
From Flock Beds to Professionalism:
a history of index-makers
Preface by David Crystal
Presents brief biographies of
65 index-makers since the 15th century
Outlines the history of indexing groups and societies to 1995
Hardcover with dust jacket
6 x 9 inches, 340 pages
ISBN 978-0-9552503-4-7
£35.00
co-published by HKB Press in the UK
and Oak Knoll Press in the US
It is difficult to express the breadth of this book. ... Hazel Bell has embraced the profession of indexing and made it visible and entertaining. - LOGOS
You will be amazed at the wealth of fascinating information contained within this beautifully written and produced book. - The Indexer
For anyone interested in the development of professions associated with publishing, it is a useful compendium of information in convenient book form. - Society of Freelance Editors and Proofreaders
... a wonderful paean to the profession ... a treasure trove of information about indexers and their habits. - Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada
Read and enjoy - you will be amazed at the wealth of fascinating information contained within this beautifully written and produced book. - The Indexer
It is difficult to express the breadth of this book. .. Hazel Bell has embraced the profession of indexing and made it visible and entertaining. - LOGOS
Bell offers some entertaining anecdotage. - Times Literary Supplement
I found this inspiring and humorous book a delightful read about the roots of indexing and the threads of continuity that follow us into the 21st century. - Key Words (American Society of Indexers)
I have to strongly recommend this book for anyone wanting to immerse themselves in the history of our shared profession. - Bulletin of the Indexing Society of Canada/ Société canadienne d'indexation Volume 31, Number 1, Spring 2009
Indexing biographies and other stories of human lives
(Society of Indexers, 1992; 2nd edition 1998; 3rd edition 2004)
Times Literary Supplement, March 1992 ... admirably
clear ... common sense is to the fore ...
American Society of Indexers Newsletter, No. 110,
May/June 1992
A joy to read and enjoyable to use ... both invaluable and
delightful
Australian Society of Indexers Newsletter Vol. 16
No. 1, Nov/Dec 1992
It is a particular pleasure to read
IASC Bulletin 21.1. March 1999
A thorough discussion of the problems inherent in biographical
material ... A "must read" for anyone who is working
in that genre ... a pleasure to read.
The Indexer 24/2 October 2004 by Do Mi Stauber --
p 113
This is such a refreshing book! Bell's approach to narrative
indexing is flexible, subtle, interpretive, and respectful,
qualities to which all indexers should aspire.
Journal of Scholarly Publishing 36/3 April 2005
by Carrie Pedersen -- pp 173-6
... a personable guide for professional indexers on how
to raise their craft to the level of art. ... a pleasing
blend of sensibility, encouragement, and fun, with a dash
of philosophy thrown in.
Key Words 13/1 Jan/March 2005 by Dave Prout -- pp
29-30
... reflects many of her insights and innovative work
with indexing novels. She brings to all of her articles
and books a clear and witty intelligence, an impressive
mastery of indexing skills, and a lifetime of reading.
LOGOS 15/3 2004 by John Edmondson, pp 167-8
Informative and thought-provoking -- and surprisingly entertaining.
Indexers
and indexes in fact and fiction
(the
British Library / University of Toronto Press, 2001)
This book not only examines the history of the index but also brings to light the debate and comment that the index has invited over the years, examining examples of indexes from earlier centuries: some endearingly quaint; some deliberately humorous; some plain awful; some presenting astonishingly vehement views. Also examines the depiction of indexers in fiction.
National Post (Canada)
... a delightful anthology ... She makes her subject both serious
and funny.
The Alliance of Literary Societies Newsletter
A wonderful book for editors, indexers and bibliophiles.
Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada
This witty and entertaining book will delight all those interested in the history of the book.
The Frederica indexes: Cumulative Indexes
to A. S. Byatt's novels
The Virgin in the Garden / Still Life and Babel Tower
/ A Whistling Woman
By Hazel K. Bell
2007; £6.00
21 pages
ISBN 0-9552503-6-6 / 978-0-9552503-6-1
A Stage Mother's Story: We're Not All Mrs Worthingtons!
(HKB Press, 2006)
... very entertaining and informative ...a lovely little
package
-- Tregolwyn Book Reviews
... the utterly delightful story ... a fascinating and
quite unique insight into the life of a young actor ...
disarming and charming ... A perfect Christmas gift for any actor or parent of an actor.
-- Amateur Stage, November 2006
Kay Macaulife: Women take the stage
(Anna
Brown Associates, 2003)
It provides an interesting picture of the
interface between the amateur and professional stage immediately
after the Second World War, with the list of her parts
from 1947 to 1958 demonstrating the variety of shows staged
by the companies she appeared with. As well as personal
recollections of her performances, there are her own reminiscences
of being a film extra, the recording of a play, appearing as a contestant
in TV panel games,
together with short extracts from her writing, much of
which was tailored for women's groups.
- from Theatre Notebook Volume 60
Number 1, 2006
As a writer, her style showed a keen observational
eye . Had she been born fifty years later, Kay Macaulife ... might well have become another
Lynda La Plante. In the context of her time, she created
for herself a pretty full life, ending it with a list
of achievements that most of her contemporaries would
have been proud to boast.
- from Tregolwyn Book Review
Aged thirteen in Felpham -- 1949
(Anna Brown Associates, 2003)
Tregolwyn
Book Reviews
a selection of entries from Hazel's 1949 diary ... represent
a valuable historical document as well as being entertaining
to read.
-- Society of Indexers' Newsletter Spring 2007
A fascinating read for those interested in social history
and English life.
At Chi High 1949-1951
HKB Press, 2006
.. a valuable social document ... if you
thought Angela Brazil just made it all up, think again!
- Tregolwyn
Book Reviews
... a very good read ... another valuable
record of English social history in the mid-twentieth
century.
- Society of Indexers' Newsletter Summer 2007
Diary of a Reading University student
1954-1956
by Hazel K. Macaulife
HKB Press, 2007
It is another valuable record of English social history
in the mid-twentieth century.
- Society of Indexers' Newsletter No. 3, Autumn 2007
No Soft Incense: Barbara Pym and the Church
Barbara Pym Society, 2004
Tregolwyn
Book Reviews
... detailed and intensively-researched articles ... it
is difficult to read any of these articles without laughing
out loud at least once.
The Tablet, 21 May 2005
the entertaining and often learned contributors to this
symposium ... This book is essential reading for Pym fans.
The New Criterion, May 2005
This volume is a happy dipping book for fans.
Catholic Herald, 17 June 2005
Not since Anthony Trollope's Barchester novels has the Church
of England received such minute and detailed treatment in
fiction.
Situation books for under-sixes
(Kenneth Mason, 1969)
It is very helpful for young children faced with an unfamiliar situation, such as a hospital visit or the arrival of a new baby, to show them attractive picture books about others [children or animals] encountering the same situation. This is an annotated list of high-standard appropriate books to help prepare a child for something new in its life.
Say It With Flowers and other sketches
(HKB Press, 2006)
... a book of sketches, nine in total, all of them amusing and all of them very short ...
- Tregolwyn Book Reviews.
